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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced this week that it has been selected as a subcontractor by Atkins Energy Germany GmbH to participate in the decommissioning of RWE’s prototype boiling water reactor in Lingen, Germany.(read more)

The Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor) issued a new license for the right to operate Unit 1 of Rostov NPP, Rosatom has announced.(read more)

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) today announced that lead test assemblies utilizing its ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad Accident Tolerant Fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon Generation’s Clinton Power Station in Clinton, Illinois.(read more)

The U.S. Department of Energy said it had chosen the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY, as the site for a planned major new nuclear physics research facility, an electron collider that will cost between $1.6 and $2.6 billion to build.(read more)

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has entered into two significant cooperation agreements with complementary organizations in the past two weeks, first signing an agreement with an academic group and then one with Energy China.(read more)

NuScale Power announced Tuesday it has submitted an application for a pre-licensing vendor design review in Canada for its small nuclear reactor.(read more)

German utility EnBW has permanently shut down its Philippsburg 2 reactor to comply with the country’s nuclear phase-out plan, putting the company in a position to have to import electricity to meet demand(read more)

On paper, the fear of global warming should have a positive impact on the nuclear power industry, but figures from 2019 show the output from the greenhouse gas emissions-free industry dropped slightly during the year.(read more)

Let's catch up on videos of staggering milestones at the Planty Vogtle construction site in Waynesboro, Georgia. (read more)

In 2019, the Russian NPPs set a new record in terms of electric power output – over 208.7 billion kWh(read more)

With the first barring speed of one rotation per minute, Russian utility Rosenergoatom said in late 2019 that technicians had achieved a milestone with the initial activation of the turbine for the 2nd VVER-1200 power block under construction at the Leningrad NPP(read more)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said it would issue an early site permit to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) facility at the Clinch River Site.(read more)

Infrastructure development firm AECOM said Tuesday that a joint venture that includes construction giant Fluor and the government-focused nuclear sector business within SNC-Lavalin, called Atkins, Central Plateau Cleanup Company LLC, had won a $10 billion, 10-year contract for managing and operating cleanup at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington.(read more)

Lawmakers for the European Parliament on Monday agreed to a transitional role for nuclear power in the coming decades with a compromise agreement that would permit member states to dip into a fund designed to support transitioning away from coal.(read more)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on December 10, received the second and final shipment of low-enriched uranium (LEU) at a purpose-built facility in Kazakhstan housing the IAEA LEU Bank, which was established to provide assurance to countries about the supply of nuclear fuel. The delivery completes the planned stock of the material that the IAEA LEU Bank will hold, the agency said.(read more)

Siberian Chemical Plant (a subsidiary of TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM in Seversk, Tomsk region, West Siberia) has signed the contract with Concern Titan-2 engineering company for construction and installation works within the project of BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor facility.(read more)

Electrochemical Plant (ECP, an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM in Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, East Siberia) and Orano Projects (France) have signed the contract for the supply of equipment for construction of the second installation for de-fluorination of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUHF) on the site of ECP, Rosatom said this week.(read more)

Oklo, Inc., a small company in California, this week announced the launch of Aurora, an advanced fission clean energy plant the company says is designed to produce “affordable, reliable, clean, power.” The company has been engaged in pre-application activities with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since 2016. Currently, the company is preparing to ready an application for license approval.(read more)

French utility EDF is postponing the restart of the Cruas nuclear plant’s Unit 2 until mid-week in order to extend the inspection prompted by the 5.1 magnitude earthquake of November 11, French regulators said.(read more)

---Press Release-- The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have selected Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) for the first joint technical review of an advanced, non-light water nuclear reactor technology.(read more)

Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin subsidiary Candu Energy Inc. will work on preliminary licensing and safety guidance work in a new contract with China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd (CNNP) the engineering and construction giant confirmed.(read more)

Rosatom's nuclear fuel division TVEL JSC has shipped the final consignment of uranium fuel pellets for BWR reactors in India, completing their contractual obligations with the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. The total volume of the supplied fuel pellets exceeded 50 tons with all shipments have carried out in 2019.(read more)

leading systems and engineering technology consultancy Frazer-Nash has been appointed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to deliver the concept design for a key component of the UK’s new fusion reactor – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP).(read more)

Georgia Power said that the final containment vessel ring has been placed for Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, with the third ring of the Unit 4 containment vessel set today late last week. This marks the sixth and last containment vessel ring to be placed for the Vogtle 3 & 4 projects.(read more)

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Uruguay, which was carried out at the request of the country’s government, the agency said on Monday.(read more)

A joint statement issued from the White House that capped a meeting between President Donald Trump and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov noted that the two governments would work together to advance energy cooperation, including nuclear power projects. (read more)

Framatome applied a cutting-edge maintenance technique on reactor vessel primary nozzles at Dominion Energy’s Millstone Power Station during the plant’s spring 2019 outage, the company announced Monday. This was the first application of Framatome’s ultra-high pressure captivation peenng process on reactor pressure vessel nozzles to primary pipe welds.(read more)

The World Association of Nuclear Operators and the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) have signed a memorandum of understanding which formalizes their arrangement to work together on commercial nuclear safety and reliability.(read more)

Swedish nuclear waste management company Svensk Karnbranslehantering (SKB) announced that it had received two critical approvals for the extension of the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive Waste(read more)

Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) storage and disposal solutions, has signed a cooperative agreement with NAC International Inc. (NAC), a nuclear fuel cycle consulting and technology solutions company specializing in casks and canister systems for nuclear materials transport and spent fuel storage and disposal.(read more)

Salt Lake City-baserd EnergySolutions, Inc. announced today it has completed the physical work at the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) Decommissioning Project. This includes remediation and removal of radioactive material including confirmation surveys and inspections necessary to demonstrate compliance with the NRC approved License Termination Plan.(read more)

The Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said that fuel loading had begun at Darlington Unit 2, where a refurbishment project was reported in September to be 90 percent complete.(read more)

Despite international tensions over its uranium enrichment activities, ceremonies were held on Sunday in Iran to mark the first pouring of concrete for the Bushehr Nuclear Plant’s Unit 2 reactor, following Unit 1, which was completed in 2011 and connected to the national grid in September of that year.(read more)

French utility EDF said it was taking precautionary measures to evaluate potential damage to the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plants in southeast France after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake damaged some buildings in the area. Three units at the Cruas-Meysse power plant were shut down so evaluative tests could be conducted.(read more)

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and X-energy said they would collaborate to produce low-cost TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) particle nuclear fuel.(read more)

The Trump administration has initiated formal steps to disengage the United States from the 2015 Paris accords on climate change, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a statement posted on Twitter.(read more)

An International Atomic Energy Agency review team noted that the United Kingdom is demonstrating a commitment to strengthening regulations for nuclear and radiation safety, but also identified areas that could benefit from further enhancement.(read more)

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors has named Rafael Mariano Grossi as the designated Director General of the Agency to replace Yukiya Amano of Japan, who passed away in July of this year.(read more)

With a green light from Russian nuclear power regulator Rostechnadzor, the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant’s Unit 2 close to Ukraine in Western Russia, has been designated a commercial operation thirty (30) days ahead of schedule, Rosatom said Friday.(read more)

The Brazilian state nuclear power company Eletronuclear, which is looking for a partner to complete the Angra Unit 3 reactor has narrowed its search down to three companies. After sending invitations to 10 companies, the candidates have been whittled down to Russian, French and Chinese concerns to complete the job, according to a report from Reuters.(read more)

French nuclear power service company Orano, together with partner EWN (Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen GmbH) of Germany has been awarded two contracts by utility RWE to carry out strategic dismantling operations for the Mülheim-Kärlich and Biblis nuclear power plants, located in the West of Germany.(read more)

A study on the aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station accident of March 2011 has found surprising connections between Japan’s reaction to the accident, claiming the reaction has provoked its own negative consequences, including fatalities.(read more)

Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom said Friday that the core catcher for the Kursk II, Unit 2 reactor in Western Russia close to Ukraine had arrived on site, a milestone for the VVER-TOI nuclear power plant.(read more)

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said Monday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Poland's Synthos SA to promote collaboration on potential deployment applications for GEH’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Poland. (read more)

Orano has just signed a contract worth almost $120 million to supply services for the EDF nuclear power plants of Paluel (Seine Maritime), Civaux (Vienne) and Gravelines (Nord) until 2024. The contract includes an option of two additional years, the company said.(read more)

The concrete floor slab for an intermediate waste storage facility in Dounreay, Scotland, has been completed ahead of schedule the Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) said on Friday. Recently, the DSRL said that half of the fuel left in the Dounreay fast reactor had been removed.(read more)

Framatome and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the installation and site acceptance testing of a new Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS) replacement for Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2, during the plant’s spring 2019 refueling outage, Framatome said on Oct. 9.(read more)

The first delivery of low-enriched uranium (LEU) has been deposited at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s nuclear fuel bank at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in eastern Kazakhstan, the agency said Friday.(read more)

The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would not consider arguments concerning completion of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site, which the state of South Carolina had been pushing.(read more)

A payoff scandal in Japan could threaten the restart schedule of three Kansai Electric Power Company nuclear reactors, according to media reports, although top Kansai officials said they would stay at their jobs to investigate the matter.(read more)